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As the Florida county negotiates health insurance changes with labor unions, it isn't allowed to know the prices its own insurance plan administrator negotiates with providers, even though it's self-insured and the claims are paid with taxpayer dollars.
Price transparency efforts in the Granite State help consumers and employers ask smarter questions.
After Vidant Pungo Hospital was shuttered this summer, physicians and patients in this rural North Carolina town fear for their future.
Comprehensive report on end-of-life care says both medicine and society need to change "to make those final days better."
The price a consumer pays for a medical procedure can vary significantly -- often with little difference in quality.
Like many employers across the country, Miami-Dade County isn't allowed to know the prices its own insurance administrators negotiate with healthcare providers, even though the county is self-insured and workers' claims are paid with taxpayer dollars.
Unlike Medicare, private insurers do not publish their payments, and experts say the prices they pay hospitals for the same procedure vary widely.
Problems with a government calculator that companies use to prove that their insurance meets health law standards could allow substandard policies, consumer advocates say.
Health and social spending as measured by the Census Bureau grew by only 3.7 percent from the second quarter of 2013 to the same quarter of 2014.
Employer-sponsored insurance was largely stable in 2014, with no significant change in the percentage of firms offering health benefits.
State Obamacare decisions are key factors in how outreach strategies are taking shape for the next open enrollment period.
In one Olympic Peninsula community, a clinic turns away 250 callers a week.
Federal actuaries say the economic rebound and increasing number of people with insurance will push up spending.
Some say the government is taxing itself as states, federal government cover fees for Medicaid health plans.
Some clinics offer shared-risk programs that offer a set price and sometimes a money-back guarantee.
The Treasury Department has clarified its rules as a deadline looms for people asked to confirm their citizenship or immigration status.
The Affordable Care Act prohibits insurers from charging more for out-of-network emergency care, but your bill could be higher if you're admitted to the hospital.
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